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Sathnam Sanghera on Alexander Gardner

4 Extra Debut. Author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera chooses Scottish-American adventurer, Alexander Gardner. With Matthew Parris. From 2017.

Author and Journalist Sathnam Sanghera nominates a Great Life; a man dismissed as a fantasist and a liar in his own lifetime.

Alexander Gardner was a Scottish-American soldier, a traveller, an explorer and adventurer - a white man with a tartan turban, who ended up in India in a Maharaja's Sikh Army in the 19th Century, just before the British Raj took over.

Possibly a plagiarist and touted as a scoundrel, yet Sathnam claims he's worthy of a bigger place in history. If just a tiny portion of what we think we know about him is true, he is a genuinely remarkable figure.

Historian John Keay is the expert witness to Gardner's life.

Presented by Matthew Parris.

Producer: Perminder Khatkar.

First broadcast on 成人快手 Radio 4 in August 2017.

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30 minutes

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Sun 7 Nov 2021 05:30

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Presenter Matthew Parris

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  • Fri 18 Aug 2017 23:00
  • Fri 28 Dec 2018 23:30
  • Thu 4 Nov 2021 18:30
  • Fri 5 Nov 2021 00:30
  • Sat 6 Nov 2021 07:30
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  • Sun 7 Nov 2021 05:30

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